This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DeFreece, Curby Classification: Marriage Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4142 Message Board Post: THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. April 23, 1903. "MARRIED 50 YEARS. Uncle Mose DeFreece and His Good Wife Celebrate Their Golden Wedding."-- The fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Mose DeFreece was celebrated at their home in this city Friday the 17th inst., by their sons and families assembling and spending the evening in the most pleasany manner and they also remembered their parents in a substantial way by leaving them two splendid rocking chairs. The sons present were Dr. S. O., L. R., W. M., G. T., and S. A. DeFreece. M.De Freece was born in Sumner county, Tenn., February 15, 1830, and at the age of two years moved with his parents to Lafayette county, MO., where his parents died when he was six years of age and left him in the care of an uncle. Sophia Curby is a native of Lafayette county, Missouri, dating her birth to May 28, 1835. It was in Atchison county, Missouri, that this couple were united in marriage on March 17, 1853, and where they resided during the civil war, but in February, 1866 they moved to Fremont county, which has since been their home. They first settled on what is known as the Van Eaton farm and after living there four years they purchased a home of forty acres of Wm. Lovelady, paying fifteen dollars per acre. Later other acquisitions have been made until now they possess a good farm in the southeast part of Sidney township, but wishing to retire from farm life they moved to Sidney a year ago and purchased property and have a nice comfortable home. Mr. DeFreece can relate much of Fremont county's early hstory as he was here in the fifties and helped build the first court house. He hauled the timbers from the Lacy Grove district and the lumber from Abe Fletcher's saw mill at Plum Hollow, now Thurman. Judge Bradford and Harve Cowles had the contract to build this structure. He is, so far as known, the only living person that perfored labor on this building.. He spoke of the sparsely settled country in those days stating that there were perhaps but four houses between here and Hamburg, and recalls the events of earlier days with remarkable clearness. The associations of fifty years of married life has been pleasant and affords pleasant meditation as the family of children, nine of whom are living (one son being dead) are well to do and delight to honor their parents. All wish Mr. and Mrs. DeFreece many happy wedding anniversaries before the earthly ties of association may be severed.